Hungarian novelist wins Nobel for depiction of Germany's social unrest

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature was on Thursday awarded to the Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror,......

Bagha Jatin: Forgotten Hero Of The Fight For Freedom

Jyotindranath Mukherjee, popularly known as Bagha Jatin, attained martyrdom while fighting the British in Balasore district on September 9, 1915.It is unfortunate that the supreme sacrifice made by......

B'deshi model Meghna Alam accused of $5 mn honey trap on Saudi envoy

The Bangladesh police on Thursday said that a former beauty queen has been detained for setting up a honey trap for a former Saudi ambassador in Dhaka in an attempt to extort $5 million, an......

The Sardar Who Won Over Kochi's Tummy

'We are Indians irrespective whether we are Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Malayali or Tamilian.''I am the best example of this integration.' IMAGE: Mohinder Singh, part-owner of Sethi Da Dhaba......

Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it.Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of......

Did These Films Influence Zohran Mamdani?

New York City's newly elected mayor Zohran Mamdani, who created history with his big win, ended his victory speech with the song, Dhoom Machale from the Dhoom movies. Why didn't Zohran pick a song......

'We Judge Stars So Quickly'

'We love them but the moment we hear something about them, we are done.' IMAGE: Sharmila Tagore and Uttam Kumar in Amanush. Bengal cinema's biggest star in his lifetime, Uttam Kumar made many......

At 59, Shah Rukh Wins 1st National Award

Hindi cinema dominated the 71st National Film Awards on Friday with superstar Shah Rukh Khan winning his career's first best actor award for Jawan alongside Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail, which was......

What Did Dada And Didi Discuss?

Photograph and video: Kind courtesy AITC/X   Dada -- Sourav Ganguly -- had a meeting with Didi -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- during her visit to Spain. Mamatadi was in......

IPL: WAGS and film stars watch as Pollard makes it a night to remember

The match between Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad went right down the wire. And, it was that big West Indian Kieron Pollard, whose fireworks inspired Mumbai to a superb win at the Wankhede......